Even though television shows more African American professionals and portraying negative images about other races, they are still showing more negative images about African Americans. The time is flying and it has been nearly 50 years after the civil right movement, and African Americans were able to step forward for their rights that all Americans have. A racial segregation is hardly ever found in 2015, however, discrimination against African Americans still exist in America. It is true that we get to see African American professional workers like doctors, a president, lawyers, judges, and other jobs with outstanding reputations, and this is very unlike situation compared to roles of African Americans on TV in 1980s. Some White Americans act …show more content…
Would Look Like If It Mirrored The Main Characters On Prime-Time Network Television,” did research on how many percentages of certain races are on prime network TV shows. About 52 percent of men on TV are white and non-Hispanic while 5 percent are African American men, and about 38 percent are white and non-Hispanic women while about 4 percent are African American women. Only one out ten people on TV is African American while the other nine is other races. What about on news media? As we read in paragraph third, it is proven that news media are airing more atrocious African Americans to the public than other races. Less African Americans on TV shows compared to other people with different races, but more awful African Americans on news media. It is clear that TV programs are negatively portraying African Americans on TV. Some people say that it is required for TV to put more stereotype images to attract audiences. According to David Gillota, the author of “Ethnic Humor in Multiethnic America,” “Stereotypes are significant in comedy because they not only help to establish instantly recognizable behavioral pattern, but the portrayal of such patterns constitutes a comic relief”